Friday, July 13, 2018

What's Up With Stanley? Wk1

Hey Guys!!!

Welcome, welcome, welcome! Week one at Save The Harbor. Boy oh boy was it hot this week. Currently, my site is Piers Park and we have a fairly large group of kids. The first thing we did when we arrived at Piers Park was play icebreakers with the kids. We played games like Indian Chief, Where The West Wind Blows and Capitan’s Coming. There are some really competitive kids, Save the Harbor staff and the camp counselors in our group and it really showed during the games. Luckily for me, I’m a natural at Capitan’s Coming so I took the W. Save The Harbor staff with the wins. You’ll see a picture of me holding my trophy a little later.

Since most of the Save The Harbor activities are on the dock at Piers Park, we set up a Crab trap and a Minnow trap. We usually use muscles for the crab trap, which are found on the side of the dock right under the surface of the water. One of the times we pulled up the crab trap, there were at least 8 grabs in there. Varying from Green crabs to Spider crabs and the most commonly caught at Piers Park, Rock crabs.

Some of the kids were afraid to touch or hold the crabs because of their pinchers, but after showing the kids how to properly grab them so they couldn’t get pinched they became more willing to touch them. Occasionally there would be a crab missing a pincher and this one boy named Wesley would always ask if they would grow back because if they don’t then the crab won’t be able to defend itself. Wesley is one of my favorites (even thought we probably shouldn’t have any) because he’s always very willing and excited.

On Thursday after our weekly staff meeting, the Piers Park group went to Community Boating on the Charles River to teach a lesson about the Harbor and to take the kids fishing. Since the group at CBI is older than the one at Piers Park, some of them had fishing experience so they got right into it. There is absolutely no shade at CBI so my visor saved my eyes from burning from the sun.

SUN SCREEN IS A MUST AT ANY LOCATION!!!! THE SUN IS HOT AND DAMAGING TO THE SKIN and I should probably take caps lock off so this psa doesn’t seem like an attack. Hahaha sorry if I scared yah.

I almost forgot, we caught a HUGE spider crab and I’ll show you guys a pictures of hat because when I say the kids at Piers we’re terrified I mean it. But after we explained that spider crabs aren’t like Rock crabs so they won’t try to pinch you but they’re very strong.

Well, once again we end the week back at Piers with our group. I guess we'll have to see how next week goes. Hopefully some of the kids come back next week. Catch y'all on thew flip side!!

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Save the Harbor/Save the Bayis a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, the Boston Harbor Islands, the Boston Harbor region's public beaches, Boston's waterfront and the marine environment and share them with the public, for everyone to enjoy.

Since 1986, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay has been the driving force behind the transformation of Boston Harbor from one of the dirtiest urban harbors in America to one of the cleanest in the world.

As a result of our advocacy, Boston Harbor has been transformed from a "Harbor of Shame" into a source of recreational, educational and economic opportunity and civic pride. Today the beaches of South Boston are among the cleanest urban beaches in the nation, the Boston Harbor Islands are a National Park, and Boston's waterfront has become a compelling destination for residents and visitors alike.

Working with a broad base of civic, corporate, government, scientific, philanthropic and community partners, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay continues to strengthen the connections between communities and the harbor, and promote the increasingly important impact Boston Harbor has on the region’s economy.

Each year Save the Harbor / Save the Bay runs 2 freeYouth Environmental Education Programs that combine recreation and hands-on education to bring Boston Harbor alive for thousands of Boston area young people. Since 2003, we have connected nearly 250,000 youth and teens to Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Islands, our region's public beaches and Boston's waterfront.

Our "Boston Harbor Explorers" program serves thousands of young people at the Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown, the Piers Park Sailing Center and Constitution Beach in East Boston, DCR's Carson Beach in South Boston, at Community Boating on the Charles River, on Black's Creek in Quincy, and at Camp Harbor View on Long Island and at The Boston Children's Museum.Our"All Access Boston Harbor"program departs weekdays from the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in South Boston, and brings thousands of youth and teens from more than 100 community groups to Georges or Spectacle Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park on the Provincetown II.

OurBetter Beaches Program supports dozens of free events and activities on the region's public beaches each year in Nahant, Lynn, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull.

We hope we can count on you as we share Boston Harbor with 30,000 young people on 28 free island excursions and at 40 free events and programs on the region's public beaches in 2018.For more information about Save the Harbor/Save the Bay please visit our website at www.savetheharbor.org